Silver Peak Grill & Taproom

Other Recommended Nightlife: The Silver Peak Grill and Tap Room (the downtown location) is as popular for its ales and lagers as it is for its pub fare. With items such as salmon fish and chips dipped in Red Ale batter, grilled-lamb burger with kalamata olives and goat cheese, and their signature barley-crusted chicken-breast sandwich with applewood-smoked bacon, this isn't your average bar...

No question. They have the best beer in town and there is always a new brew to taste. This is a great place for lunch since they a great selection of salads and sandwiches. Service is excellent and the staff is very friendly.

Fans of the microbrew gather at Silver Peak Grill & Taproom on Sierra Street in downtown Reno. The restaurant — which serves beer brewed at its sister establishment, Silver Peak Restaurant & Brewery on Wonder Street — is often filled in summer with twentysomethings. In winter, the restaurant feels calmer but remains one of downtown's happening places.

Growing up in Reno, Dave and Trent both felt committed to participating in the efforts to revitalize and improve the downtown river corridor area, as the recent three decades had not been entirely kind to the area. Patrons of the Wonder Street location enthusiastically endorsed the idea of a downtown location, so the owners took the leap and signed a lease that will keep them downtown for the...